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Republican Tax Plan Could Hurt at Least 58 Colleges

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Par :Stephanie Saul and Steven Rich
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A plan for a hefty new tax on university endowments was crafted to target “woke” schools, lawmakers said. But a small Kansas college and a Texas medical school might also be hit.

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McPherson College in Kansas has a student population of about 800. It might still end up a potential target in a Republican plan aimed primarily at the Ivy League.
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Israel’s Allies Denounce Its New Gaza Offensive

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Par :Aaron Boxerman
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Britain, France and Canada, all powerful supporters of Israel, called plans for an escalation of the Gaza war “disproportionate” and “egregious.”

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening a full Israeli takeover of Gaza and the forced relocation of Palestinian civilians into designated areas.
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Has He Got the Votes?

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Par :Catie Edmondson
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We look at the Republican factions that could sink Trump’s megabill.

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Speaker Mike Johnson
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In Trump Call, Putin Notches a Diplomatic Win, With an Economic Caveat

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Par :Anatoly Kurmanaev
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The Kremlin has withstood pressure for an immediate cease-fire as a precondition for peace talks, but the Russian president’s push for normalizing relations with the United States appears in limbo.

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Conscripts in Bataysk, Russia, at a ceremony last month before their departure for garrisons.
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U.S. Says It Wants Trade, Not Aid, in Africa. Cuts Threaten Both.

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Par :Elian Peltier
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President Trump’s slashing of foreign assistance threatens road and energy projects that diplomats and experts say align with U.S. priorities.

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U.S. funding for this overpass in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, ends in August. It’s unclear if the project will be finished by then.
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U.S. Bill Named for Artemis Ghasemzadeh Aims to Shield Asylum Seekers

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Par :Farnaz Fassihi and Hamed Aleaziz
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A lawmaker is introducing a bill named for Artemis Ghasemzadeh, an Iranian Christian convert, that seeks to stop the expedited removal of people fleeing countries that persecute religious minorities.

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Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who was deported to Panama, says: “I am not sure I will ever see America again, but I want to know this won’t happen to anyone else.”
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Keisha Lance Bottoms, Former Atlanta Mayor, Enters Georgia Governor’s Race

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Par :Rick Rojas
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She became the highest-profile Democrat to announce her candidacy in an election that will be a crucial test of her party’s ambitions in Georgia.

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Keisha Lance Bottoms, in Atlanta on Sunday. If elected, she would become the nation’s first Black female governor, and the first Black person and first woman to lead Georgia.
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Trump’s Pick to Lead I.R.S. Promoted a Nonexistent Tax Credit

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Par :Andrew Duehren
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Billy Long’s effort to promote the credit, along with his pushing of a fraud-ridden pandemic-era tax break, will be under close scrutiny during his Senate confirmation hearing.

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Billy Long in 2020, when he was a Republican congressman from Missouri. Nominated to lead the Internal Revenue Service, he has repeatedly been subject to the agency’s efforts to clamp down on what it has warned could be abusive practices.
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F.B.I. Closes Unit That Policed Compliance With Surveillance Rules

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Par :Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman
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The office audited the bureau’s use of a disputed warrantless wiretap law that is set to expire next spring unless Congress reauthorizes it.

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Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, has closed the bureau’s Office of Internal Auditing, which was established to uncover and reduce the risk of misuses of national security surveillance.
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Bill Belichick Was Always in Control. Then He Met His Girlfriend Jordon Hudson.

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Par :Katherine Rosman
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The romance between Mr. Belichick, the 73-year-old former coach of the New England Patriots, and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson, 24, has roiled the worlds of professional and collegiate athletics.

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Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson say that they met on a JetBlue flight while she was a student at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts.
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Why Mahmoud Khalil Remains in Detention as Other Protesters Are Freed

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Par :Jonah E. Bromwich
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The judge in the case, Michael E. Farbiarz, has yet to weigh in fully on the issues of free speech and due process as Mr. Khalil passes the weeks in Jena, La.

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The judge in Mahmoud Khalil’s case has moved methodically, as the justice system struggles to keep pace with the Trump administration.
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Virginia Coal Country Courts New Business With Old Mining Money

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Par :Ben Paviour
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As President Trump pledges to revive “beautiful” coal, Virginia’s coal counties have largely moved on to new ventures. But who stands to benefit?

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The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Bristol, Va., is one of several recent projects aimed at revitalizing Virginia coal country that are backed by former coal industry executives.
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Second Man Charged Over Fires at Properties Linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer

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Par :Lizzie Dearden
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The British police said they had charged a Romanian national, Stanislav Carpiuc, with conspiracy to commit arson. Fires struck two buildings and a car linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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A police forensics officer conducting an investigation after a fire at a former home of Prime Minister Keir Starmer in North London this month.
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China’s Fighter Jets and Missiles Get a Boost From the India-Pakistan Clash

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Par :Vivian Wang
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The reported success of Chinese-made fighter jets and air-to-air missiles in the conflict has fed nationalist pride in China, and has renewed warnings to Taiwan.

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Pakistan’s air force flying Chinese-made J-10C fighter jets during a parade rehearsal in Islamabad, Pakistan, last year.
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UK’s Trade Deals Bare the Reality It’s a Midsize Economy Among Giants

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Par :Mark Landler
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government had to make some politically fraught concessions to eke out trade deals with the E.U. and the U.S.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, center, with António Costa, left, president of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, on a British Navy vessel in London on Monday.
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Chinese Battery Giant Surges in Hong Kong Market Debut

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Par :Alexandra Stevenson
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Shares of the company, CATL, surged in their first day of trading. Onshore U.S. investors were blocked from buying its stock as a “decoupling” of finance continued.

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Executives from Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd., or CATL, at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
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Trump Backs Off His Demand That Russia Declare a Cease-Fire in Ukraine

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Par :Erica L. Green and Anton Troianovski
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President Trump once vowed to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours. Now he says the two sides should work it out themselves.

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President Trump said after his call that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had agreed to “immediately” start direct negotiations with Ukraine toward a cease-fire.
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Trump Suggests Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis Was Hidden From Public

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Par :Tim Balk
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Mr. Biden’s office said he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.

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“There are things going on that the public wasn’t informed, and I think somebody is going to have to speak to his doctor,” President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
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Rep. McIver Charged With Assault Over Clash Outside Newark ICE Center

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Par :Luis Ferré-Sadurní
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The Department of Justice also announced it was dropping a trespassing charge against the city’s mayor, Ras Baraka, stemming from the same episode.

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Representative LaMonica McIver demanded the release of Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark after his arrest while protesting outside an ICE detention prison on May 9.
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Mexican Ship in Fatal Crash Accelerated Before Hitting Brooklyn Bridge

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Par :Ed Shanahan and Joseph Goldstein
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As a federal investigation began, officials said the Cuauhtémoc backed into the bridge, killing two, less than five minutes after leaving a Manhattan pier.

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Officials investigate the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican Navy ship, between Pier 35 and Pier 36 on the East River in Manhattan a day after it drifted into the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge, smashing its masts and killing two people.
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The Trump-Supporting Christians Accusing Jews of Antisemitism

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Par :Michelle Goldberg
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Ultra-Zionist gentiles are transforming America into something out of Jewish nightmares, pretending they’re trying to ensure Jewish safety.

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Pro-Israeli demonstrators gathered outside of the University of Southern California for a “United for Israel March” organized by Pursuit Church and the Christian worship leader Sean Feucht.
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